Endoscopic ultrasound in the diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis

• Diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis (CP) remains a challenge. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) can be considered nowadays as the technique of choice for the morphological diagnosis of this disease. More than three or four EUS defined criteria of CP need to be present for the diagnosis of the disease. The development of the more restrictive Rosemont classification aims to standardize the criteria, assigning different values to different features but its impact on the EUS-based diagnosis of CP is debatable. A combined use of endoscopic function test and EUS has even increased the diagnostic yield. Elastography and FNA may be also of help for diagnosing CP. EUS also provides with very valuable information on the severity of the disease, giving key information that may influence in the treatment. Differential diagnosis of solid pancreatic masses in the context of a CP is also challenging, EUS plays a key role in this context. It provides with the possibility of obtaining specimens for histopathological diagnosis. Nowadays, new developed techniques associated to EUS, like elastography and contrast enhancement, are also showing promising results for the differentiating between these pancreatic lesions.

Ämnesord

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Endoscopic ultrasound

Diagnosis

Chronic pancreatitis

FINE-NEEDLE-ASPIRATION

DIFFERENTIAL-DIAGNOSIS

INTEROBSERVER AGREEMENT

EXOCRINE INSUFFICIENCY

EUS ELASTOGRAPHY

RETROGRADE

CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY

ULTRASONOGRAPHY

MASSES

ACCURACY

MULTICENTER

Gastroenterology & Hepatology

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